Reviews for Okamikakushi: Masque of the Wolf

As a fellow fan of Ryukishi07’s works (Higurashi no Naku koro Ni, Umineko no Naku Koro Ni), I was quite excited for the release Ookami Kakushi. I thought that I was in for another psychological thriller and exciting mystery, but unfortunately, Ookami Kakushi didn’t turn out to be as such. I admit, I went into the show with the wrong kind of expectations, and my review is a reflection of that. However, I still think I have some good points to offer. Story The original premise of the show sounded interesting enough, but here is why the story was poorly executed: The first half ofthe series suffers from no development. Our main protagonist, Hiroshi, moves into a new town with his father and sister, attends school, and meets new people. However, something never feels quite right. A female classmate of his becomes extremely attached to him, a mysterious girl neglects him, and a few classmates begin to disappear without notice by others. At the end of each episode, we catch a small glimpse of a terrified person running away from a group of supernatural, masked beings who are after that person’s life. While you know something is up and you’re curious, what you’re mainly going to see is Hiroshi participating in ordinary slice-of-life activities and interacting with a small cast of characters. Aside from a few weird events befalling Hiroshi, nothing much changes, and this becomes dull fast.

The second half finally explores the mystery behind the masked beings, but it still moves incredibly slowly for such a short series. What you have next is a string of predictable events, coincidences, and episodes dedicated to simply feeding you all of the information. By the time the climax hits, it is downright disappointing. There are no major plot-twists or anything exciting to keep the anime’s head above the water. The finale is a joke.

Characters

The characters feel one-dimensional. They hardly have any development. Only towards the end do the characters begin to show a different side to them, but their peak development is still not all that impressive. They just go back to the way they were before, falling very short of being dynamic.

They are also not entertaining at any given point in the show beyond the introduction. Hiroshi is a shy and awkward kid who always feels nervous, but he has a sense of justice somewhere within him. His hobby is to stare at the other characters and do absolutely nothing. Hiroshi's sister, Mana, is bound to a wheelchair and we never get to find out why. Nemuru, his mysterious classmate who neglects him does only that for the first half of the series. Asagiri is another classmate who is just a walking encyclopedia, always trying to help clue Hiroshi in. And then we have Isuzu, his neighbor who instantly becomes attached to him. She just spends her time hopping around and clinging to his arm, quickly rubbing off as an annoying character. Lastly, the main villain is the typical, revengeful idiot type with a predictable outcome and is nothing special. You've seen these characters being used before again and again. The adults also have a role in the show, but they are even duller characters than the children.

None of the characters stand out as being impressive, strong, or all that memorable, even by the last half of the show. At the very least, the character's backgrounds are somewhat explored, as there is a good reason for their initial behaviors. They could have had much more depth though.

Sound

I do have to give credit for the OP song “Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora” by FictionJunction for being pretty good. However, there is not much to say about the rest of the sounds. They contribute to the mood, but they're more or less on the average side. Ookami’s OST isn’t something that I would be dying to have.

Animation

The animation is not weak, but it is not spectacular either. Perhaps the most noticeable aspect of the artwork is how beautiful the costumes look on the masked beings. The color and lighting effects are also used well for certain scenes and to show real depth in the character’s eyes. Overall though, the character designs are rather average, and there isn't much change in background scenery.

Overall

I learned too late that Ookami kakushi is not meant to be a deep, plot-twisting mystery series. It is more about character relations, drama, mood, suspense, and slow buildup. But even with that in mind, the small cast of characters are for the most part unchanging and dull. This anime is mediocre and easily forgettable.

Ookami Kakushi was written by Ryukishi07, best known for Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni. That should pretty much tell you what to expect, since Ookami Kakushi is an obvious, shameless clone of its considerably superior ancestor. The premise goes as follows. Hiroshi Kuzumi, an unlikeable, spineless milquetoast, moves to a town known as Jouga with his occult fanatic father and annoying Tsundere sister, who is in a wheelchair for reasons that are never given passing explanation in the series. As they are moving in, Hiroshi meets the love interest, Isuzu Tsumuhana, who is supposed to be this series' Rena Ryuuguu despite having none of the likeabilityor humour that the Higurashi character possesses. For some bizarre reason, Isuzu is obsessed with Hiro, and the rest of Hiroshi's new class follows suit. However, one of them seems a little too attached, and begins to act strangely... then, we see a scene with him being killed by a girl with a scythe. The next morning, a girl who looks an awful lot like the girl with the scythe tells the class that he has "Transferred". Could it be that this town has a dark secret?

If any of this is sounding familiar to you, then you've probably watched Higurashi, because this show is an absolute cut 'n' paste of it, only without any of the charm that made Higurashi great. It lacks the audience mindfuck that Higurashi gave us, completely misunderstands Higurashi's visual style, using all the creepy effects in all the wrong environments, and what seemed loveable there just feels stupid here. It doesn't help that almost every character here is completely unlikeable, being given little to no personality, backstory, or charisma, with only the villain having the latter trait making him somewhat likeable. And even that is hindered by the fact that his motivation is quite generic, and his plan makes no sense.

On top of that, while Higurashi did a good job of tying up the loose ends (with only a couple of details left out, both of which were in the manga/VNs and relatively unimportant to the overall plot), Ookami Kakushi leaves several loose ends, for example, the aforementioned one with the wheelchair, and a character who is hinted to have some kind of disease that is never explained.

The only thing that really redeem this show are the aforementioned antagonist, a relatively decent soundtrack, and the 12th episode, which is a random self-parody special taking place after all the plot is said and done. While it does come off as an enourmous BLAM Episode, it's still considerably more enjoyable than the remainder of this highly sub-par series.

Final Words: A shameless ripoff of Higurashi, with none of what made Higurashi good.

Animation/Graphics: 4/10

Story/Plot: 1/10

Music/Background: 7/10

Overall: 2/10

For Fans Of: Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, Umineko No Naku Koro Ni

I figured i'd give this a short review. Mainly because, I was very skeptical of checking this anime out because it has god awful reviews. Goes to show, I really can't trust weeaboos to have real opinions. Anyone who outright hates this anime, is a diehard WTC/Umineko fan. They expected a psychological thriller with some brutal gore. That really isn't what this anime was about, and thus...let the hate flow. Story: It's average. I had it pinned pretty quickly. It does start out slow at first, but it picks up in the later half. I can't say I was ever BORED though, it kept me interested or elseI would have just dropped it. If you take it for what it is, you'll probably like it.

EDIT: By the way, this is definitely half Slice-of-life. Not your thing? Don't bother. You'll be bored. Not the animes fault, just a preference conflict.

Music: I really enjoyed some of the soundtracks in this anime. A lot of anime loses emotion because of a lacking OST, but this anime doesn't suffer that problem. I could accept ANY insult towards this anime, except a shot at the OST. It was well done, that's a fact.

Art: This is another one that struck me when I read reviews. People knocking the art. That surprised the hell out of me. I don't know what trashy streaming site people watched this anime on, but the 720p BD episodes I have look pretty fantastic. The art is smooth, the effects aren't lacking, and there's a decent amount of detail. For the time of release, the art is very solid.

Characters: I don't have much to say on this one. Every character has a role, and they stick to it. Not a whole lot of "change" goes on, except for one character I suppose. For a short 11 (technically 12) episode anime, I don't expect much more. Characters don't need to go through immense change to be well done.

Overall: A decent watch. I don't feel I wasted my time watching through the anime.

If you take nothing else from this review, just go with this:

F*** the haters, if you think you'd be interested in this anime, watch it and judge for yourself. Don't let a bunch of bias idiots dumping on this anime deter you, you may just enjoy it.

Until the end I couldn’t decide whether to like or hate this anime so that’s why I gave it the average score, 5. Oh and by the way I'm only taking into concideration the first 11 episodes. Simply because the last one was a real big joke... unnecessary fanservice... Story – 6 The story is what drew me in at first. It did have this air of mystery and some traditional elements in the feel of it, so it initially was very promising. But in a few episodes it became pretty weird and I was somewhat appalled by the evolution of it. Until the end it doesn’t manageto become deeper or more detailed, on the contrary it just starts creating more “mysteries” which, as I unfortunately predicted, it patched up rather messily in the end. It’s a pity though because it felt like it had some really good ideas to work with, but they where rather poorly executed.

Characters – 4

I was annoyed by almost every single one of the characters with the exception of this guy Sakaki which, though, didn’t have the airing time he deserved. I think the characters are memorable afterwards because of how annoying they are.

Sound – 6

Nice music, but its one of those times that I wish that such a good song, as the opening one by FictionJunction, isn’t wasted in such a forgettable anime… overall the sound was fine.

I didn't throw my hat off for the voice acting though...

Art – 7

The art is what catches everyone’s eye. And I believe it’s the main reason for watching this anime. I loved the use of different tones of red which was a significant color for the story.

Enjoyment -- 5

I just had something to wait for each week. It was good for passing the time, but I wasn't getting too hyper to watch it, sometimes it felt more like a chore. It could have done much much better with the original idea it holded, which was quite interesting nevertheless, but failed to persuade.

This is one of those anime that you shouldn’t start unless you don’t have anything better to do, or just want to watch something without any deep thinking.

I watched it while it was airing, otherwise, watching it all together, I might have dropped it somewhere in the middle…

This show is a chore to watch. Every episode consists of 20 minutes of slice of life and then an "exciting" 3 minutes at the end. The animation is god fucking awful and the story has been done to hell. I am trying as hard as I can to remember some more bad things about this anime, because I have repressed it into my unconscious. Story: This story is a rip of Higurashi without the psychological depth or the logic. Art: The art is decent... for an anime from the 1980s. The thing is this is the year 2010. Therefore I expect a better quality anime. Eachcharacter looks the same with just a different hair color or hair length. The backgrounds are boring and uninnovative, nothing stands out. The character's necks look are way to thin. And their heads are enormous. It's just really unattractively presented.

Sound:

Terrible acting decent opening and ending. Background music leaves much to be desired.

Enjoyment:

Hell no, it was a chore to get through a single episode, I found myself making an excuse to put off watching this show. Among those were "I should brush up on my calculus, I can't waste time watching anime" "I think I should do some chores."

Then I realized I didn't have to watch it. Bye bye anime :)

There is nothing to gain from watching this anime, except an intense hatred of yourself and your family and the realization that your life has become this bad..

Ok, I guess I can start off by saying yes I have not finished the series, but that is pretty obvious because nobody knows when this anime is going to end, not even MAL. I can say that I am up to date as of now, with 5 episodes watched under my belt, so to speak of course. Ok enough with the formalities and lets cut to the chase, shall we. Ookami Kakushi, is as we all know a new anime for the 2009-2010 Winter Season of anime. A season that has very much been a disappointment to most of us that follow anime, season toseason, like I do. This season was basically the season of ecchi anime, so yeah if you are an ecchi fan go check those out cause I am sure you will like em. I myself am not so much an ecchi fan. Ookami Kakushi has been one of the black sheep of the season, and not in a bad way. This anime is practically one of the only anime worth watching of the season, unless you are an ecchi fan.

The story line is very interesting, it does fall on the same lines as Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, with a slight twist. I won't go into detail as to what that twist is, because I am one of those people that would not like it if someone spoiled the show for me, so why make myself a hypocrite and do the same to you, the readers. All I can tell you is you will not be disappointed if you liked Higurashi. There are so far a few twists in the story, but hey what would a psychological anime be without twists. If you are wondering yes there is blood and yes there is murder, that wasn't much of a spoiler was it? I hope not.

Ah the Art, what can I say about the art? Well its Artsy, lol. Just kidding. Ookami Kakushi does have a very clean, very modern art style. Peach-Pit, the mangaka duo, did a lovely job on this anime, with the original character design. And for those When they Cry fans, this will be a familiar name, I hope. Ryukishi07 (Don't know if that is his real name, it is just what MAL has), the original creator of Ookami Kakushi and When they Cry series, also did a lovely job. So if you have not already noticed yes Ookami Kakushi does have the same or at least very similar art style to, When they Cry.

Now my favorite part, the sound. A lot of animes have fallen short in this category but you know what Ookami doesn't. The opening is lovely, I do have to say it is not as dark as it probably should be for an anime of this caliber. To those who have tried the VN, nope it is not the same opening, sorry. I have heard the VN opening and I have to say that it is way better than the anime opening, although the anime opening is not bad. Ok to stop my rambling I will move onto the ending. The ending is also good, although it is a little to upbeat. The ending has lovely flow and the singer has a great voice, just don't think it was a good choice for this particular anime, the background music is just a little to techno like in my opinion. And to my favorite sound part, the well I am not sure what you would call it, it is just the sound and music you hear throughout the anime at certain parts. The music during the murder scenes is to die for. Very dark, very awesome. Can't wait for the OST to come out, it is just that good.

Now see this is where they somewhat lost me, the character. The character while somewhat entertaining, are also somewhat boring. An annoying girl clinging on to the main guy, yeah that is a little cliche. There are some very weird moments with the characters, like there are some flashes of what seems to be yaoi, but not exactly. I as a yaoi fan, should know when I see it, but it just seems weird to me. See I can't really even explain the characters with out any spoilers, so I cave and gave you a little hint of it.

This is a very enjoyable anime. Obviously you're enjoyment level depends on you're personal preference in genre. If you are a psychological, Mystery anime fan you will love this. If you are a mecha fan, well sorry this is not for you. If you are a romance in a dark way anime fan, this is also for you.

Overall I give this anime a 10/10. In my opinion there is not much you could not like about Ookami Kakushi.

ookami kakushi is like higurashi but there is not that much horror and crazy women!!! so the story goes on with a boy who start to live with his father in jouga city his sis also comes with him.he attends to the school there but something is wrong with that school kinda creepy also the town whatever.there is a urban legend that says if u see a red firefly u would get urself in missfortune there is also another legends like that.but one night he saws a girl who kills a women then everything starts there... story: is somewhat interesting becouse of ookami (urban legend) art: is good sound:its music is very good specially in death scenes

character: normal like in all animes

enjoyment: u can enjoy it yeah :D

overall 9

A title created by the makers of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni and Rozen Maiden. A great blockbuster? Rather pseudo horror without tension. Unused potential and destroyed dream about worthy successor of Higurashi. Hiroshi Kuzumi along with his sister and father took up residence in a small village called Jouga. The boy quickly befriend with his age-mates Isuzu and Kaname. He’s also popular with the rest of the class. The carefree atmosphere end, when Hiroshi noticed that some people from his surrounding suddenly disappears. The searches lead him and his friends to an old legend about local wolves and yearly festival named Hassaku. Moreover whenthe night falls mysterious figures and a girl with scythe roams in the village. All these strange events seems to have some connection with Hiroshi.

Anime is based on a visual novel game which the script is written by Ryukishi07 who is the creator of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni. The characters are designed by group Peach-Pit who drew Rozen Maiden and Shugo Chara. That information itself can entrance and prepare for something original and interesting. Unfortunately. Although I can’t judge the game I haven’t play, the animation of Ookami Kakushi is very disappointing.

All the expectations about this series were ruined and the hope about a worthy successor of Higurashi destroyed. Supposedly this title should be a horror but the creators messed up. We can ignore the fact that the characters looks very sweet, have cute big eyes and the colors are quite bright. For horrors we mostly expect tension. We wait and wait and wait for couple of episodes but it never appears. Since there’s no blood and no violence there should be some tension. There’s non. Even in the middle of the forest on night you can fall asleep watching this.

In the beginning Ookami Kakushi was somehow interesting. Mysterious figures with masks and their leader, a girl with scythe who looks like a white wolf. Moreover a mystical red moon. The atmosphere could attract some people. The performance was less well than expected. What it needed was some anxious sounds, unexpected twists to use the series potential. That was nothing like that. We have a riddle to solve: people are disappearing without a trace. However we don’t have this feeling to find out the truth. The secret of Jouga village don’t draw attention. In truth many people will solve this secret after few minutes. The rest will yawn instead of analyze every scene. All the mysterious vibe disappears after few minutes and solving the affair don’t give any satisfaction. Ookami Kakushi is simply boring although posses some action.

The characters don’t convince as well. They are bland, irritating or they don’t give them much attention. The main hero is not impressing. All the more as a protagonist of horror genre. He’s very fearful, avoiding troubles. In the role of a irritating character features Isuzu Tsumuhana who sticks to Hiroshi all the time. This type of character rather shows up in a harem anime than in a horror. Some interesting figures like the mysterious class president Nemuru Kushinada, or the doctor who wants to cure the villagers from a untypical illness didn’t get much attention or was introduced badly. Only two characters save this title. Shunichirou Sakaki who is interesting considering that he is the main antagonist with revenge and tragic past. This kind of thing were showed many times but with other characters which don’t have any motivation this is enough. The second person is Kaname Asagiri, Hiroshi’s classmate who is interested in occultism and novels. She has the role of a person that discovers the village secrets. She would definitely fit as a main hero.

The graphics offers good standard. You can recognize characters design same as the one from Rozen Maiden or Shugo Chara.and although this isn’t a style that you would expect from a horror. Sometimes the characters faces looks very flat though. The backgrounds don’t impress this much but the Jouga village can enchain from some point.

The music fit well and is interesting. You can’t call it groundbreaking but it manage to build up the atmosphere. We have some ominous and mysterious sound in the background. The best in it is the opening and ending, that shows how the anime should look like.

Basically some people can be dragged by the story and secrets of Ookami Kakushi, which aren’t so bad. Frankly the realization is bad done. The general idea, although commonplace, could have attract people who like mysteries. The authors couldn’t fit neither the secret or the characters personality. I don’t know to who recommend this title, maybe to fans of the game? In the end one sentence, that sums up this title: the good idea isn’t enough, the more important thing is how it will be introduced.

This is my first anime review so spare me the trolling and the complainants. First of all, 6.66 rating for a horror and mystery genre anime, that is just creepy. Second, this anime lacks a strong story line. Third, after watching the firth episode I thought gosh this anime is a fiasco and its a waste of time on less you got no any other animes to watch.

Although the production quality is fair the script writing and directing lets this anime down. This is a very forgettable series. Only watch if you have a couple of hours free and don't have anything todo. Story: 3 Although the plot as potential the overall directing let it down. It sends out so many mixed messages that at the end the protagonist has to spell out the moral of the story to save the view walking away with the wrong idea. It becomes just a little too preachy by the end of ep 11. Art, Sound: 7 each The art and voice acting are nicely done. Character: 3 Thecharacters are very shallow, with not a lot of character development.

Enjoyment: 3

The shallow characters and poorly directed story line overshadowed what would have been a quality anime.

Overall:4

I don't hate it, but there are better things to be watching. It's a pretty forgettable anime.

Story: It was confusing at first, but then closer to the end it was very easy to understand. It was an amazing story. Art: The art is just beatiful. So detailed, and the shading is great. Sound: Very beautiful. Music, voice actors, and sound effects were all perfect. Characters:Most of them are very good. I only took off one point because of one character. The rest are great.

I really loved this anime, and I think you should watch it.

I have seen a lot of specific complaints around the web, but for me there was nothing that stood out enough to elicit that kind of complaint. I can sum up the entire experience in one word: BORING. The whole time I was watching this (I can't believe I gave it five episodes) I could hardly believe that both PEACH-PIT and Ryukishi07 could be involved in something so utterly bland. I think I'll go watch Cobra the Animation: Time Drive which, if Psychogun is any indication, promises mummy Mexican bandito space pirates and submarines that burst out of toilets: anything but bland.

To start, this anime lost points for me mainly because of character development, plot gaps, and the first three episodes. The first quarter of the anime is quite hard to watch, it isn't interesting and it seems kind of generic except for a couple things that don't get a whole lot of attention until later. At the fourth episode, things really start to pick up and start moving quite fast and WILL keep you intrigued. It has been a while since I have had the pleasure of viewing an anime that made me struggle to stop watching before it got too late at night. The characterdevelopment is mediocre. The characters are enjoyable but only one is unique and stands out and she is a side character. The main character's sister, mana, is the only character that I believe was unique and stood out. Another side character, at least she is in the first half, she becomes more important in the second half, is Nemuru. Nemuru has the typical tsundere attitude making her not necessarily unique however she is not the love interest which makes her a little more interesting, which brings me to the next part of the review.

The primary heroine in the anime is introduced in the beginning of the anime and immediately falls in love with our main character. It has been seen many times in anime, the main character moves to a new town and a girl he only just met is in love with him. This is explained better around episode eight. The main reason why the anime lost a few points in terms of plot development and characters is because while the mystery part of the story really kept me intrigued, the romance part lacks quite a bit. Now I didn't watch the anime with intentions of viewing a romance however it is obviously hinted at due to our heroine clinging to our main character. The main character denies her affections in the beginning as seen in every other similar anime and like every other similar situation, he eventually warms up to her, however, the issue is that there wasn't much of a smooth transition. The main character goes from being that reluctant friend to caring for her on an almost romantic level in an instant. And I mean the transition took place over the course of fifteen minutes and we don't see him think over his thoughts, it just happens and because of this, the writer fails to evoke emotion with his characters. Now this may have not been the goal however I saw it as a good opportunity to do so. Later in the story, the writer does a much better job of creating emotion with his characters.

Those were the main reasons it lost points. The other reasons were because of slight discontinuity such as disappearing characters that the main character is concerned about and looks for answers but then his attention is diverted and you practically forget that character was part of the story. Kind of like Ino in the Naruto series.

Now, let me go into why it is a good series and why I gave it an 8 instead of the average 6 or 7. In regards to other reviews, I have not seen any other works by this writer so I do not have anything to compare it to yet. I believe that what this anime brings to the table is suspense, and intensity. The writer doesn't hold back and creates an emotion of suspense and really keeps the watcher wanting to continue. The plot thickens with every episode and while it starts slow, it just gets better and better the farther you get. For twelve episodes, it is definitely worth the watch. Most of you who are looking for the action and suspense will enjoy it. If you are looking for a action/romance, this is not it. There isn't enough romance for this to be considered a romance genre. Yes there are romantic elements but it is mostly one-sided and without spoiling anything, the conversation that will give you the answers to the questions you will form throughout the anime will reveal that you were tricked into thinking those romance elements were actually romance. It is worth watching like I said, but watch with the intention of watching an action suspense and mystery genre and you will love it!

Being freak out when you first arrive in town where everyone sooooooooo opening and friendly and welcome you. And i was totally freak out with just about everything in Ookami Kakushi, but was surprise that how the twist event turn out. Though i no fan of Higurashi or Umineko, but i sure fan will enjoy suspend plus moe cuteness on this anime. From the start of episode 1 everything was a warm and too friendly welcome for me on start, especially the character (design by Peach-Pit) has a really really big bright eye on its female character was totally freak me out at first. It really remindsme of Vampire Knights manga!

The plays of the story start by blocking you, as a viewer, that everything was nice and friendly under the bright light until the shadow of suspend befall on that bright light. This formula has been reused again and again for a least 4, 5 episode until on episode 6, 7 kicks in the real plot. And fortunately, that formula works. And it keep let me guessing what the hell is happening, and why the hell everyone is just too friendly to Hiroshi (the main character). Though the formula is not a master formula, like 20th Century Boys, which has one of the greatest tale of suspend i ever love and hate, but a least this formula here is friendly and not so hateful.

Recently the anime i see that the director try so hard just to give a better basic view on how this anime plays out, for example introducing the character. Some director want introducing them all at 1 episode. But Ookami did not suffer that weak point. This is a suspend anime which things has to be introduce 1 by 1.

Character here, especially female character, has freaking large eye. Is not the design is bad is just really annoy me much that i couldn't stop thinking that i dropping this Ookami and many moe moe---Kyun! It may annoy me (or maybe you) at first, but thankfully with the the suspend goes, the chemical reaction on this 2 keep this anime to be enjoyable.

The biggest weak point here was the BGM. There music on this anime use it in the wrong place and the wrong time. Give me a really weird impression on how the situation is play out.

Clockwise, the quality of the graphic was nothing to compared to other, as they are being decent in the level of anime art. Though it have some decent 3D, the animation was fair enough being not so bad on it. Movement and fighting was fine on it.

Though the enjoyment of anime was very annoying at first but later being a little bit interesting. It was a least a decent anime to enjoy, a type of anime you won't find it stupid, but it might be the anime you could have forget as times goes.

And in the end, Ookami is the least friendly version of 20th Century Boys, but is the anime you either like or forgot.

Honestly, I don't know why this anime has such a bad score because it isn't a bad experience at all. This show has a good story, good characters, good animation and is a great experience for those who are looking for a short and fun psycological horror anime. In a first glance it's possible to see some similarities with Ryukishi07's other works like Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni. But as the series progresses, it shows that it has it's own ideas and themes that will be developed further and is in no way a shameless clone of it's ancestor. The animation is mid most of the time, andit doesn't quite reflect the seiyuu's emotions very well in some cases, but is really well done when it needs to be.

Personaly, I liked how the mystery unfolds and the pacing is good, although the explanation of what was happening has kinda of rushed and let me confused for the final moments.

As a fan of Ryukishi07 I was quite curious when I heard about this and was excited expexting something like Higurashi and Umineko. Sadly that wasn't the case here with Ookami Kakushi. It kinda of has the same concept as Higurashi. A boys moves to a village where people are starting to disappearing and getting attcked. Like hinamizawa it also has a fesitvel but instead of Oyashiro-sama's curse it's has to do with wolves. Also like the Hinamizawa Syndrome they also have thier own illness that makes people go crazy. Let's put it this was it's a rip off of Higurashi done really bad nothing reallyoriginal and can be confusing at times for some people.

None of the characters stand out and there is like no development at all in the story line pretty boring. The art was okay and the music were the only good thing about the show well the opening and ending the bgm was decent. Overall it was a decent watch since some parts were actually interesting but were usually at the end. It's quite easy to forget about this anime and it could have actually been a really good anime. So I wouldn't really recommend it to anybody your just better off rewatching Higurashi.

Story: 3/10

Art: 7/10

Sound: 7/10

Character: 5/10

Story-5; Art-6; Sound-7; Character-6; Enjoyment-5 First of all i must say that English isn´t my languague so I can write some errors. Story Ookami Kakushi is a anime that could have been great... but it isn´t. In the first half, it does develop quite slowly, what helps to create a interesting atmosphere. Since the beggining we know that something isn´t right, since everyone gets interested in our main character, which is only a boy who moved in the Town and is shy and really not interesting at all to begin it. There is also some sudden dissaperences who no one seems to notice. There are a lot ofquestions that are left in the air, waiting to be answered leaving us curious but... then the second half of this anime... let´s only say that is mediocre at best. The second half tries to give the answers to all the questions that exist during the first part and advances a lot faster but it can´t really be said that the answers are good enough, although they make sense, so it can be said that knowing about the truth and don´t knowing it is exactly the same thing... which is the same as saying it is boring. In the end when the climax arrives, the story also turns to have a insatisfatory resolution, which brings the enjoyment level even lower... seriously it is really depressing.

Art and Sound

These are two areas where this anime is fairly good. The art isn´t bad at all although it isn´t perfect and the soundtrack is quite good although there are some pretty silly "happy songs" in the first episodes. The Ending is in fact very good and the mysterious soundtracks are quite fitting.

Characters

Some of the characters are quite interesting but they aren´t given that much development during the first half od the series and when they are given a history they really aren´t that much interesting.

Overall

This anime could have been great but the lack of development of the characters and the way the story is presented in the second half are defenitively BAD.

Even so the art and sound is generally good and without doubts the best elements in Ookami Kakushi.

Wow this series had some issues, so let's get down to business. The story goes as so: Kuzumi Hiroshi moves into the small town of Jogamachi which has the strange habit of killing off some of its inhabitants. Why might you ask? Because they're supernatural "wolves" who must be slain if they reach a certain level of insanity. Unfortunately for Hiroshi he is not aware of this and is dragged through the thick of this crazy town by his "lover." The mysteries slowly unfold as time goes on and people begin to disappear around him. At first Ookami Kakushi seemed like a very intriguing story with thatair of suspense that makes you crave the next episode... sadly I was wrong. Yes there was suspense, but it wasn't built up right. There was also the timing between discoveries -three episode waiting periods did not please this viewer. The crappy romance element between Hiroshi and Isuzu was... well crap, but it did have some appropriate climaxes. Music, well more like sound, was very good and give that tingly feel. Unfortunately that was about all the series had to offer besides a somewhat nice and climactic ending.

Overall: 6/10 If it hadn't of rushed into plot twists and was a little more lengthy this show would have been awesome! Oh well.

I believe this is a sadly underrated anime. It certainly has its faults, but for me the positives outweigh the negatives by far. I've divided this review into the main points which were good and those that were not so good. The good: -The premise/idea of the story/ world building... (the Jin-Rou or human wolves is one of my favorite themes, the creativity seen in the order of the Ookami faith is good, the effect of the hassaku scent is interesting, the idea of mitsu and kamibito and how they have learned to exist in a human world is a fine concept, etc.) -The voice actingis good and features a variety of seiyuu that I LOVE, including Kobayashi Yuu (who I think does a god job playing pre-teen boys), Katou Emiri (who I enjoyed most for playing Kyubey in Madoka Magica), Okamoto Nobuhiko (who does some crazy characters like Rin from Blue Exorcist and Karma from Assassination Classroom), Gotou Yuuko (who played Madoka's mom and also Asahina from Haruhi Suzumiya), and Fujiwara Keijuu (who's been in too many anime for me to pick out a favorite.)

-The OST is astounding. The opening song and ending song are both beautiful, catchy, and pretty easy to sing along with. The scores and instrumentals used throughout the anime are also some of my favorites.

-A strong-willed main female lead (Kushinada Nemuru), capable of fighting and killing but actually "good" at heart with a strong sense of duty.

The bad:

-The animation would have been fine if this were a 2005ish anime, but it was in fact made in 2010, so naturally people expected better and more detailed art by this time. It's not hideous or anything-- I think it's got cute character designs-- but it's cheap.

-A main male lead (Kuzumi) who is not convincing as a 16 year-old boy and grates on the nerves of many viewers. He's not very bright (can't understand the "mystery" unless it's clearly spelled out), he gets scared very easily, he rarely makes any effort at self-defense, and he's just kind of "delicate." I don't really mind characters like this because I like lead males with a sense of vulnerability to them, but this show went a little overboard with it. However, if you watch the anime thinking of Kuzumi as a 10-13 year-old boy raised in the city his whole life, his character is a LOT more believable and understandable.

-Insufficient discussion/fleshing out of psychology, the act of killing, and how Kushinada could be construed as sociopathic.

To begin, I, luckily, didn't discover that this was a Ryukishi07 work until about halfway through. I do believe that many only dislike this anime because it came from Ryukishi07, as it is very different from other works. I personally liked it alright. Story: It took a long time to figure out what exactly was going on, and once it tells you, it rushes through everything. Simply put, this should have been a longer anime. There just didn't seem to be enough room to fit what was necessary to make it good. The story certainly gave good mystery, yet, at the same time, skated over some thingsand just threw others into your face so fast it was just stupid. Literally, everything comes out because two characters are trapped together for a few hours. That's the only reason.

Art:

I loved the art. I thought it was beautiful. It actually somewhat reminded me of Jigoku Shoujo; or Hell Girl. I don't have much to say other than it's the shiny, newer art style of modern times. And it was great.

Sound:

I was quite fond of the opening and ending of this series. They were really pretty and just had a great feel to them. Again, was slightly reminded of Jigoku Shoujo by the opening. Not entirely sure why, but, I had to look up the other opening after starting Ookamikakushi.

Character:

Pretty much all the characters only had one dimension. Probably due to the fact that they only lasted a few episodes, or if they lasted longer, they were minor characters. Even the main characters were pretty one-dimensional beings. They changed a bit, but overall, nothing changed. Only two characters changed a decent amount, and they weren't even main main characters! The antagonist was very badly written as well. Just...just really bad.

Enjoyment:

For all the flaws, it was pretty good. Rushed? Sure. Bad character development? Pretty normal for twelve episode shows.

Whatever you do, don't go in expecting something like Higurashi or Umineko, because this is not like that. At all.